The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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